Aptitude Software Group (LON:APTD) Sets New 1-Year Low – Here’s What Happened

Aptitude Software Group plc (LON:APTD)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as GBX 250 ($3.24) and last traded at GBX 257 ($3.33), with a volume of 201682 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 271 ($3.51).

Aptitude Software Group Trading Down 0.8 %

The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.04. The stock has a market capitalization of £141.46 million, a P/E ratio of 30.20 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 313.77 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 327.69.

Aptitude Software Group (LON:APTD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 13.90 ($0.18) EPS for the quarter. Aptitude Software Group had a net margin of 6.71% and a return on equity of 8.16%. On average, research analysts forecast that Aptitude Software Group plc will post 18.018018 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Aptitude Software Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be given a dividend of GBX 3.60 ($0.05) per share. This is a boost from Aptitude Software Group’s previous dividend of $1.80. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 22nd. This represents a yield of 1.33%. Aptitude Software Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 59.21%.

About Aptitude Software Group

Aptitude Software provides software solutions that deliver fully autonomous finance to enable its clients to drive growth, efficiency and sustainability. Fynapse is Aptitude’s intelligent finance data management and accounting platform designed to increase productivity and lower costs for finance teams globally.